Microsoft released one today version preview of antivirus software for Android devices. The company revealed that Windows Defender will be coming to iOS and Android in early 2020, but didn't give us more details about what to expect.
Of course since Defender will not run on Windows, it was named Microsoft Defender.
Public preview for Android includes phishing protection and will go one step further than Google's built-in malware protection to offer signature malware detection.
"Scans will immediately detect malware and potentially unwanted applications (PUAs)." he says Kanishka Srivastava, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft.
"If it happens λήψη of a secure application, the end user will see a small notification informing them that the application is clean.”
Microsoft software as mentioned above will have anti-phishing, so that unsafe websites sent via SMS, WhatsApp, email or other applications are instantly blocked. Microsoft will also use Defender SmartScreen technology to block unsafe ones connections network that may attempt to download malicious applications without the end user's knowledge.
Microsoft also plans to release an antivirus app for iOS devices, but we don't know when. By default, all Apple iOS apps run on sandbox και αποτρέπουν τους περισσότερους users to download apps that are not in the App Store.
